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  • Burning: Viet Nam’s outdoor workers struggle in extreme heat

    Burning: Viet Nam’s outdoor workers struggle in extreme heat

    Aug 17, 2025

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    Kiều Mai
    Kiều Mai

    Lacking social support, outdoor laborers are paying the price of rising heat with their health and their pocket

  • The cost of cloud: Viet Nam’s data center push comes with a price tag

    The cost of cloud: Viet Nam’s data center push comes with a price tag

    Jul 15, 2025

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    Nguyễn Đăng Anh Thi
    Nguyễn Đăng Anh Thi

    This article was originally published on Mekong Eye as Creative Commons. Over the past year, global tech giants like Google, NVIDIA and Microsoft have expressed an interest in investing in data centers in Viet Nam. With many policymakers hopeful about the country becoming a key digital hub in Southeast Asia, some critical questions arise: Can…

  • Cambodia’s LNG plans face energy security and cost issues

    Cambodia’s LNG plans face energy security and cost issues

    Apr 2, 2025

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    Christopher Doleman, Sam Reynolds
    Christopher Doleman

    The country should approach gas-fired power development with caution, write the authors of a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

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